Post date: Jan 04, 2014 7:25:29 PM
Rescue operations begin after a three-storey, under-construction building collapses in India's western Goa province.
CANACONA, GOA, INDIA (JANUARY 04, 2014) (ANI) - Rescue operations began and workers pulled out bodies from the debris after a three-storey, under-construction building collapsed in India's western Goa province on Saturday (January 04).
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured after the under-construction building collapsed in Canacona town of the province.Meanwhile, chief minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, took stock of the situation along with other officials.
Cranes were pressed into service to clear the rubble. The injured were also rushed to the hospital and nurses and doctors were seen attending to the patients.
The reason behind the collapse is yet to be ascertained.
A shortage of cheap homes in Indian cities has led to a rise in illegal construction, often using substandard materials and shoddy methods.
In April 2013, a building collapse killed 72 people in Thane, just outside Mumbai. Officials had said that the structure was built with poor materials and did not have proper approvals.